Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act Offence Charges by Calendar Year

Charges defined by summary offence tickets or informations laid, as recorded on the Nova Scotia Justice Enterprise Information Network (JEIN). The data includes counts for specific offences under the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act, such as distracted driving and speeding, defined by calendar year. The dataset is provided by the Government of Nova Scotia and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in distracted driving charges based on the MVA 100D offence category.
• Model seasonal or yearly patterns in speeding violations based on MVA 106A, 106B, and 106E offence counts.
• Assess enforcement around school zones and emergency vehicles based on MVA 103(3) and 106E data.
• Compare prevalence of different offence types like racing/stunting (MVA 163) versus other violations.

Strengths

• Focuses on seven specific, defined Motor Vehicle Act offences, providing clear categories for analysis.
• Data is sourced from the official Nova Scotia Justice Enterprise Information Network (JEIN).
• Last updated in April 2026, suggesting ongoing maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Recorded from summary offence tickets or informations laid on the Justice Enterprise Information Network (JEIN).

Time Range

Data is defined by calendar year; specific years covered are not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:27:26.196594.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada